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ATTEMPT ESCAPE Negroe* Try To Leave Jail At Andertoa. Anderson Tribune. Ray Morgan, convict held at the county jail, where he has been receiving medical attention, will likely be returned to the county chaingang this morning following a sensational attempt to liberate the prisoners at the county jail Wednesday, and his dismissal from the care of the county physician yesterday, when it was found he was in good health. Morgan, who escaped from his cell Wed* ?, ?1 - 04.AVTA T>AiVAt?a wuc nesaay wnue uuitei o?=?c releasing a prisoner who had obtained bond, sought refuge in the First Presbyterian church, but later hid in the Townsend lumber yard, where officers rearrested him and returned him to the county jail. He begged his captors to kill him when he was captured, saying he was suffering ' from a "spell" that made his feet act involuntarily. A thorough investigation of Morgan's escape revealed that the prisoner had in his possession a new screwdriver, with Vhich he had removed a short piece of iron that serves as one of the fasteners for the cells, and a skeleton, key. With this piece of iron Moxgtan had evidently forced open a door at the end of the run-round, to im nrisnnprs Kid free access. Morgan, with. Belton Capps, 'who attempted to escape with Capps, evidently planned to make their getaway early in the night by opening the door to the run-round and make a' dash i or freedom. > When Jailer Rogers* went to the - cells to release a prisoner, however, he noticed something wrong with the i door at the end of the run-round, and Morgan, who saw the jailer walk over to examine the door, knew that his only hope to escape was to dash out of the dootr, down the stairway and out through the jail yard. With one leap he cleared the distance that ' separated him from the stairs, and before the jailer Could hardly tell what was going on, had passed through the entrance of the jail, across the veranda and out" to the o+Toof .tailor RftCBra followed 'in quick pursuit, going in the direction of Whitner street, where it was afterward learned Morgan hid in the iFSrst .Ffredbyterian church, moving from there to the Town send lumber yard. Belton Capps, another prisoner, attempted to escape, but the ; negro prisoners on the first floor called to federal prisoners, who turned Capps * . back to his cell. 41 In making a search of the cells occupied by the white prisoners, Jailer 4 Rogers fdund a crude skeleton key that Morgan had attempted to pat* tern, from "which a key to the cells could liave been made, possibly by Mime friend on the outside. A short - piece of /ron was also fund in Morgan's cell. , , ? ? COMPARISON OF AGES ? * OF SOUTH CAROLINIANS Washington, Aug. 26.?According to the census of 1?20, 40.8 per , cent, or dbout two-fifths, of the peo'' pie in the state of South Carolina are either infants or children under 15 , years of age; 10.9 per cent are young people 15 to 19 yeas old; 33.8 per cent, about one-third, are men and women in the prime of life, being from 20'to 44 years old; while 14.4 per cent being145 years of age bnd over, are weld along in middle life if they have not reached old age. The urban population as compared with the rural shews some father striking differences in age, the per* centage 20 to 44 years of age being 43.2 for the urban population as compared with 81.8 for the rural, while the percentage under 15 years ?- ftrt A 3? 4.1 -J\ .1 ? 01 age IB ou?2 in ue urowi pupiua4 tion as against 43.1 in the -rural. 'fciese differences may indicate , larger families of childrenv in the country than in the city, ibut prob4 ably indicate also the fact that country children as they grow up have a tendancy to flow to the cities thereby increasing the active adult population of the cities at the expense of the rural districts. Over two-fifths of the population, 4 46.3 per cent, are old enough to vote being 21 or over; and in this class the men and women are practically equal in numbers. The males of military or fighting age, 18 to 44, constitute 36.5 per cent of the male population and 18.2 per cent of the total population. t ^VV?WVVV V V vvvvv V V V RIDGE NEWS V \ > V^VVVV^VVVVV' \ N Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Boles and son, Andrew, spent the week-end in Elberton, Ga., with 'their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Whitman. Mr. Cape Morrow, of Anderson, spent Tuesday with his (brother, Mr. Claude Morrow. Mr. and Mrs. Evans Loftis and children spent Sunday with Mr. and j Mrs. Johnnie Waters. Mrs. Otto Nelson and Mrs. Theo Morrow were the guests of Mrs. Charlie Pilgrim Tuesday afternoon. Henry Morrow and Marvin Crittondon spent Sunday afternoon with Willie Turner. Guy Tucker spent several days last week with Mr. Elliott Thomas. Miss Flora Turner visited Miss Ro berta (Hutchison Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. T. A. Turner spent Wednesday with her mother, Mrs. J J. Boles. Mrs. G. D. Thomas spent several day recently in Iva with her sister, Mrs. Bailey Martin. Miss lattie Loftis was the guest of Mrs. Johnnie Waters Sunday. Miss Roberta Hutchison spent the week-end with her cousin, Miss Ruth Hutchison. Mr. Johnnie Hutchison and Mr. R. P. Grittondon were visitors in Elberton, <Ja., Friday. -N . Miss Ollie Sue Waters has returned home after a pleasant visit to friends in Anderson. Claude Morrow was the guest of of Willie Turner Saturday.* " SEEK TO SAVE LUDLOW JAIL Members of Greater New York MAlt> mony Club" Don't Want Their Famous Home Converted. The Ludlow street Jail, where members of the Greater New York "Alimony club" hare frittered away much pleasurable time, appears to be doomed. Sheriff Dayld H. Knott thinks a' tor I more profitable use could be made by I the city of the historic structure. The plan is to send the Ludlowere to some other city Institution, scatter them, if necessary, through a number of buildings, for it is now costing $41,000 annually to keep their present home going. The proposal has culminated. In a "save-the-jall" agitation among those who have sojourned in Ludlow. , There is deep sentiment, it seems, in having been a "guest" The Ludlow street jail was built by Boss Tweed, bis name being Inscribed on the building erected in 1861). His desk and chair are still In the room where be died a prisoner in 1878. Besides Tweed the' )all has Sheltered many famous men, including the members of the brokerage firm who traded on the name of General Grant and swindled thousands. Whl taker Wright, the British Wallingford. lived there for t speB, tod showed Ms sportsmanship by contributing $100 to the i other prisoners for fireworks one Fourth of July. i. But it is it the establlahed home for stalwart men who refused to be subservient to "the weaker sex" that Ludlow1! fame spread throughout the land. IPoets aqd actors, journalists and musicians, bankers and laboring men all have met there to fan the flame of resistance to the payment of alimony. TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST British Royal Geographical Society *aU to Be Contemplating Ambillot* Kxpetfiilen. Enormous interest has been aroused by the announcement that'the Royal Geographical society contemplates fitting out an expedition to attempt the ascent ?f Mount Everest, in the Himalayas. For npt only Is this the highest mountain on the globe; but It is also the world's mystery mountain. Although it was discovered 70 years ago, no European has yet succeeded in getting anywhere' nearer than about fifty mll?s to It, much less setting foot on Its slopes. This Is because' It so happens that It is situated partly In Nepal and partly In Tibet, and the governments of both these countries object to the presence of European explorers. " Besides this the Nepal base ef the giant mountain is in any case practically unapproachable, owing to the ucuoc juu^ic gruw LIIv cuvuuiu^ IUI n width of 60 or 70 miles all round, and into whose depths no white man may venture and live. The proposal now Is to attempt the ascent from the Tibetan side. This Is doubtless possible, but whether the summit can be reached or not is another matter. Most experts say not, aad point to the fact that the duke of Abruzzl's attempt to scale Mount Godwin-Austin, Everest's mighty neighbor, and th^ second highest peak Id the world, resulted In failure. He ascended as far 24,600 feet, but was then obliged to turn back, owing to the difficulty of breathing, due to, the extreme rarefaction of the air. . Mount Everest is more than 29,000 J feet high i V V V SANTUC V \ N The farmers have been 'busy in this community pulling fodder and most of them have (begun picking cotton. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Able and Mr. Henry Able spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hunter. . Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Wright had as their guest Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Haddon, Mrs. Ermie Haddon, Misses Lila Morrison and George Morrison. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Kay spent Thursday at the home of Mr. M. B. Kay. Mr. and Mrs. Mundy spent Sunday at the home of Mr. "W. E. Morrison. I Mr. and Mrs. S.' T. Beal, of Kanj sas City, visted a few days this week ^ with Mr. Joe Able and family, j Mr. M. B. Kay and daughter, Mrs. |M. D. Wright and Mr. Thos JMcCord (Sunday. Miss Marie Boyd is spending this week at the County Fann the guest of Mrs. Tom Hunter. , Miss Lizzie Sharpe is visiting friends in Aibbeville this week. Mrs. Boyd spent Sunday pleas-' antly wth Miss Lizzie Able. - j Mr. /and Mrs. Mason Wright had as their guest Sunday Mr. W. H. Sharpe, Mr. and Mirs, S. L. Beasley and children, and Mrs. Ellen Langford, of Georgia. Misses Annie and Louise Kay spent Tuesday afterAoon pleasantly with Miss Lucy Palmer. Mr. Lucius Alble, ? Misses Gussie, Margaret and Sara Alble, of Abbeville were visiting relatives here Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Wright spent Sunday in Afbbeille with Mrs. Ellen Langford. ' Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Richey, of Donalds, spent Sunday night with their daughter, Mrs. Jaimes Haddon. Little Ermie Haddon returned home with them to spend several days. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Kay spent iFViday near Due West at the home of Mr. J. S. 'Simpson. Little Johnnie Wright spent a few dajp this week with Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Wright. iMr. W. E. Moiirison spent several days recently with Mr. T. P. Thomson. Mr. W. H. Sharp was a visitor in the city Saturday. SAYS FRENCH IS NUT Head of Swindle Trait woaia not j ? Know Good Note. Chicago, Aug. 30.?^Charles W. French, alleged head of a $50,000,,000 "swindle trust," today was characterized as a financial nut, who would not know a good promissory note if he saw one," by John W. Worthington, who has indicated that he may ell the government what he knew. Worthington said to be the "master mind" of mail and bank robbers, whose operations they said were related to those of French yesterday asked permission to appear in court when French is arraigned. Worthington said he had handled $20,000 worth of notes for Z. W. Davis, of Canton at French's request, but said he turned down a proposal to float a $20,000 loan for the American Rubber company, one -of (French's concerns. "French isn't a banker" Worthington asserted. "I don't think he can tell a good promissory note when he sees one. I don't know whether his transactions are good or t>ad, but if he has things the way he is charged, he is no financier. He's a nut." Worthington said all his transactions had been regular and that if he handled stolen bonds, he was not n-f 't "VhAv've made a moun tain of si mole hill," he said. "Twins are come to me for the third time. This time a boy and & girl. I beseech my friends to support me stoutly."?ExI EAGLE "MIKADO For Sale at your Dealeir ASIC FOR TKT, YEXLOW PE: EAGLE IN I EAGLE PENCIL COft EASED THEIR PAINS Negro Preacher Does Public Healing !j! * In Shelby. !jl Reverend Edwards, a negro preach- ; j;' er and divine healer of Rocky Mount, ;j; preached in the court house Sunday afternoon to a crowd that filled the !j! large auditorium, says the Cleveland :j; Star. Whites and blacks heard his ;i| impassioned sermori and some of the \\> white people declared that he is a !|! great power with his race, his style of preaching being modelled after Billy Sunday, the world's most successful ;j; evangelist. After the sermon, Ed- jj Inwards took a collection, then set !j; Itbout to heal those in his audience I;!; who went up to be healed and after Edwards had waived his hand over ;j? their bodies and told them of his !j! wonderful powers as a divine healer, !|! they declared before the audience that all pain had left them and they felt sound and well again. One man <!> who had been suffering with rheumatism was made to put aside his stick !j; and a soldier in the recent World i: War who had been suffering with his jj| side was relieved of his pain for a ;j short time, but later the pain return- j | J ed and the soldier went fcack to Ed- > wards for another healing. |i; Edwards has created quite a stir : among the people and newspaper notoriety on account of his hypnotic influence and his spectacular preach- g in*- ? V * ! !* Battle la West Virginia. Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 26.?Re?, ! ports of a gun-lbattle today between : ; Logan county deputy^ sheriffs, aaid >; to iramlber 300, and a lai'ge body of armed men at Blair, W. Va? were re- > ' ceived here tonight. Efforts to con- j firm these reports through Sheriff I : Don'Chafin of Logan county, ,who ; ; was reached by long distance tele- j | phone, were unsucessful. When ask-1 [ j ed by an Associated Press corres- ! I pondent whether there had been ; fighting at Blair today his reply was: ; "I can not say anything about it; j | we are not giving out any informa- j I tion." He then hung up the receiver. ! ; Reports from Racine tonight were ; ; ftiat several thousand marchers who j ; were avowedly bound for Mingo j j connty to protest martial law, in K force there, were still encamped Jj; along Indian creek just outside the [\[ town. These reports have given rise' 'j; to the belief here that the Marmet jL mashers h^d no part in the reported Blair engagements; Blair is 20 miles = soutwest of I&cine and in order for the marchers to reach there they m would have had to "pass through Madison. Several residents of Madison reported tonight by long distance telephone that none had passed through that town today. Prosecuting Attorney /H. W. B. Mulline of Boone County who resides at Madison reported to Charleston by telephone eairly tonight that he had been advised by passengers on a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train from Blair that 300 deputies of Logan county were battling a large body of armed men when the train left that place. Mbllins added that the passenger to<ld him the inhabitants of Blair -Arere preparing to flee when the train left. ;/MK<irTour joft \ UKJttVUtt* J V \ AN* fcUOMa JSfc UOOi uste ( \ wicMWe?A \kliM I No. 174 Mads in fife grades SOL WITH THE RED BAND 1IKADO IP ANY, NEW YORK . | L * 0 Visible n titi See What r ' ? Are Buy And* Be Sur Get What Pay Fo \ . When You V ....G A S ( we invite you to c you get your G&slo ; PUMP, you can se S are getting. / \A/a Hill * TT.C ilCUiMiv wwj ently of the big a and our money is e spent at home. Tl your interest to buy We carry in BATTERIES, and at reduced prices. , We are selling and Tubes at the pi YEAR. These Tir< oversize. 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